#B72D2F#B72D2F

#B72D2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.175 H 25.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72D2F
RGB	rgb(183, 45, 47)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.4%, 74.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.46, 54.52, 32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.46, 63.72, 31.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.64% 0.1581 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(51.64% 0.175 25.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.9823, 12.1525, 3.9296)
Luminance	0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72D2F #2DB7B5

analogous

#B72D74 #B72D2F #B7702D

triadic

#B72D2F #2FB72D #2D2FB7

tetradic

#B72D2F #74B72D #2DB7B5 #702DB7

square

#B72D2F #74B72D #2DB7B5 #702DB7

split-complementary

#B72D2F #2DB770 #2D74B7

monochromatic

#551516 #862122 #B72D2F #D34E50 #DF7F80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12

#B72D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43

#B72D2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72D2F

6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72D2F	1.00	6.12	3.43	6.12
#FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA0030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 45, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.175 25.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57168',
    500: '#b72d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72d2f;
$custom-light: #d57168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.13,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51639,
    "c": 0.17469,
    "h": 25.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72D2F

secondary

#78C8C7

accent

#E4E144

background

#FEF7F6

surface

#FCEDEB

border

#D5C8C6

text

#160806

muted

#847B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72D2F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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